In 37 B.C. Herod the Great became ruler of the kingdom of Judea. In A.D. 73 the Roman armies destroyed the citadel of Masada, the last stronghold of the Jewish people. During the hundred years in between, the Temple at Jerusalem was rebuilt, then destroyed—and Jesus Christ was crucified.
The Holy Land documents these great events, but also reconstructs the daily lives of ordinary Jewish people at that time. Peter Connolly's stunning reconstructions use the latest archaeological evidence to bring to life both the everyday details and the larger events of this crucial period in history.
Formerly published as Living in the Time of Jesus of Nazareth and The Jews in the Time of Jesus
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